Council Regulation (EEC) No 1836/93 of 29 June 1993 allowing voluntary participation by companies in the industrial sector in a Community eco-management and audit scheme.

A Community scheme allowing voluntary participation by companies performing industrial activities is hereby established for the evaluation and improvement of the environmental performance of industrial activities and the provision of the relevant information to the public.
The objective of the scheme shall be to promote continuous improvements in the environmental performance of industrial activities by: (a) the establishment and implementation of environmental policies, programmes and management systems by companies, in relation to their sites; (b) the systematic, objective and periodic evaluation of the performance of such elements; (c) the provision of information of environmental performance to the public. The scheme is open to companies operating a site or sites where an industrial activity is performed.
Either auditors belonging to the company or external persons or organizations acting on its behalf may conduct the internal environmental audit of a site. In both cases the audit shall be performed in line with the criteria set out in part C of Annex I and in Annex II. A committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission shall assist the Commission.